Council Tax

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the value of council tax receipts was in each Government office region in England in each year since 1997-98.

Parmjit Dhanda: Details of the council tax collected in each Government office region in England in each year since 1997-98 are shown in the following table. The figures are shown in £000 and are the amount collected within the year, irrespective of the year to which the money relates. The figures include both arrears received for previous years and prepayment of council tax for subsequent years but exclude amounts funded by council tax benefit.
	
		
			  £000 
			   1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 North East 449 488 520 555 593 648 709 755 793 828 
			 North West 1,310 1,424 1,519 1,623 1,733 1,860 2,034 2,136 2,235 2,349 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 781 949 1,014 1,087 1,171 1,277 1,415 1,512 1,595 1,668 
			 East Midlands 765 860 935 1,013 1,087 1,213 1,334 1,433 1,502 1,575 
			 West Midlands 940 1,027 1,113 1,198 1,298 1,421 1,573 1,662 1,743 1,813 
			 East of England 1,026 1,190 1,306 1,427 1,542 1,722 1,977 2,122 2,225 2,345 
			 London 1,386 1,486 1,616 1,767 1,944 2,099 2,448 2,617 2,771 2,888 
			 South East 1,583 1,926 2,092 2,260 2,435 2,696 3,102 3,329 3,506 3,691 
			 South West 905 1,109 1,203 1,312 1,406 1,576 1,801 1,942 2,048 2,158 
			 Total 9,146 10,459 11,318 12,242 13,208 14,511 16,392 17,508 18,419 19,315